Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.
ALAIN PROSTWhen you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can’t see that from the outside.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that’s motor racing.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
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I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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